Birthday boy

On Williams birthday we decided to get him his free meal at Joe's Farm Grill.

Connie met us out there and got him this Batman toy.

And we gave him a journal and a spider-man wed shooter. It shot silly string for a while and then when that runs out there is a water bottle they can shoot.

Then we went home and Grandma Huston met us there to give him her gifts, which were a boy scout hat and a scripture case. 

Then he got to open the thing he wanted the most. His bow and arrow (along with a quiver) from Connie. He had to go outside to find the bow and the hay bale that my mom also got him. It's his target. 

He was pretty excited. 

Halloween night

This past month being so busy meant that I sort of neglected Halloween. William wanted to be a zombie so all I did was cut up and dirty some old clothes and put makeup on him. Gracie wanted to be a witch and I was able to make her a witched skirt to wear with her leotard about a week before Halloween and I made her broom from sticks from our yard that night. I wan't positive what I would do with Joseph. He said, "byack (black) witch too!" so I asked him if he wanted to be a green leprechain and he said yes. Whew, so he wore Williams costume from when he was two.

 Russ came home from work late that night and I burned the chili for the trunk or treat but other than that it went well. I barely remembered to take a picture of my ghouls before 

 Me with a couple of my Young Women Jen and Renee. You can't really tell in this picture but Renee has a humongous wig on.

I loved seeing this little witch running around all night. She looked so cute.

 When I showed her this picture she said, "there is a heart on my back!"

This little guy was so good about wearing his costume. He loved it.

After we got home Grandma and Grandpa Christensen came over to see the kids costumes and give William some birthday gifts. They gave him a special white towel with his name on it for his baptism and 8 dollars! They also gave him some spider man stuff and he loved it. He went to bed a happy kid. 

pumpkin patch 2012

Since Russ doesn't work on Mondays and since our week was only going to get crazier and Halloween would be over before we knew it I talked him into going to the pumpkin patch. It was very last minute but was so fun.

I can't remember if Gracie called this her cowgirl pose, but it was cracking me up.

This bounce pillow thing they had there was so much fun for everyone. Including me. I want one in our back yard.

Joseph liked the pig until it came to close.

Everyone loved the donkey and Russ left feeling like he wants a farm. He would be such a good farmer.

William could do the kid one and was pretty proud of himself.

I didn't get any pictures of the pedal cars but William really loved those. They are a lot of fun.

So grateful for the little things in life, like getting to spend the morning with my family at the pumpkin patch.

A party for the big boy

We have a tradition in our family of having a train cake when we turn 2. I got one when I was little and my other kids got one as well. So now it was Joseph's turn. He helped me by putting candy on top and eating frosting off the caboose. 

Our family, grandparents, and Connie all went to Freestone Park to ride the train and rides and have some pizza and cake. It was a lot of fun, but got dark so quick.

Grandma and Grandpa Huston found him a tricycle at a garage sale and Grandma and Grandpa Christensen for him a dump truck with lego's and a new book.

It took him awhile but he blew out his candles all by himself.

Connie got him a ball and a Batman shirt complete with cape.

I didn't have him open his present from us because it was getting late and he had already opened so many.

The next evening we had a picnic outside (he wanted to wear his "burt-day" shirt again).

I brought out his birthday banner and presents.

This is the cute book I based my decorations off of. It's pretty cute and he loves it.

He loves his new (to him) toys. What 2 year old doesn't love a marble tower?

Since this post is already long and I have meetings, Halloween  and another birthday to get ready for I will do a post all about him and his two year old self another day. For now, happy birthday little man.